SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

SANTA CRUZ — Investigators believe a fire that broke out early Saturday morning in a hotel elevator was intentionally set, a Santa Cruz Fire Department official said. A fire alarm on the 100 ...

SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has charged a 19-year-old man with felony arson after firefighters extinguished a downtown vegetation fire Monday night.

The blaze, dubbed the Santa Lucia fire, charred 150 acres, according to Cal Fire, with 35% containment at 6:30 Thursday night. Nearby Maple High students were evacuated by bus, according to Zick ...

The Santa Clara County Fire Department has more than three times the space to fight fires in the Santa Cruz Mountains with last week’s opening of the Redwood Fire Station. Though the department ...

[Update: Fri., Nov. 7, 2024, 3:44 p.m.] The Santa Lucia Fire is 70 percent contained and remains at 130 acres, according to a Friday-morning update from Santa Barbara County Fire. Fire crews were ...

The Santa Cruz Fire said they extinguished a fire Saturday morning at an inn that required evacuations. When the first unit arrived at the Ocean Gate Inn, the hotel manager said there was a fire ...

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued its highest tier of fire risk--Extremely Critical--including in Santa Clarita, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Camarillo and Moorpark ...

Santa Lucia Fire initially started 12:54 p.m. Nov. 7 in Santa Barbara County. It has burned 125 acres after being active for two days. By Saturday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 85 ...

Santa Lucia Fire initially started 12:54 p.m. Nov. 7 in Santa Barbara County. It has burned 125 acres after being active for 30 hours. By Friday evening, the fire crew succeeded in containing 70% ...